Skywarn

North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee Skywarn web page available!

www.nalsw.net

SKYWARN is the National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer weather spotters. Storm spotters come from many walks of life, including fire fighters, law enforcement, and amateur radio operators. SKYWARN spotters coordinate with local emergency management officials and send reports of weather based phenomena to the NWS.  Skywarn spotter training is FREE and open to any member of the public.  Prior registration is NOT required.

In addition to serving as a community's first line of defense against dangerous storms, spotters provide important information to warning forecasters who make critical warning decisions. SKYWARN storm spotters play a critical role of giving the NWS vital ground truth data, which helps the NWS perform our primary mission, to save lives and property.

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Huntsville maintains communications with area emergency managers, law enforcement and spotters who report via amateur radio during severe or adverse weather events. The Northern Alabama SKYWARN group, and the NWS Huntsville provide guidelines and information on how to become involved with Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee SKYWARN activities.

Spotter Information

• Spotter's Field Guides* --   Basic ~500K*
• The "Role of the SKYWARN^® Spotter": Module is used to provide baseline training for all spotters along with an overview of SKYWARN.
• Storm Spotter's Guide from Univ of IL Urbana-Champaign

Additional Spotter Links

• NWS SKYWARN
• National SKYWARN Page
• National Spotter Network

Lincoln County, TN

1615 Wilson Parkway

Fayetteville, TN 37334

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Weather Workshop
Interpreters & CART Services will be provided

DeKalb County Commission Activities Building
111 Grand Ave SW
Fort Payne, AL 35967
 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Weather Workshop
Interpreters & CART Services will be provided

National Space Science and Technology Center
320 Sparkman Drive NW
Huntsville, AL 35805

Franklin County, Tennessee

Franklin County Annex Building

817 Dinah Shore Blvd, Winchester, TN 37398

Jackson/Dekalb Counties

Northeast Alabama Community College

MT 119

138 AL-35, Rainsville, AL 35986

Lincoln County, TN

Lincoln County Emergency Management

1615 Wilson Pkwy, Fayetteville, TN 37334

Lauderdale County

Location: TBD

Lawrence County

Lawrence County Emergency Management

555 Walnut St, Moulton, AL 35650

Madison County

Location: TBD

Cullman County

Location: TBD

Limestone County

Limestone County Emergency Management

1011 Market St W, Athens, AL 35611

Colbert County

Location: TBD